What is EN 71 part 3?
EN71-3 Total Migratable Screening – this is a preliminary screening that looks at the total migration of all the families of heavy metals listed. Using historical data, our technical team assesses the likely presence of each of the individual heavy metals.
What does EN 71 certified mean?
EN71 is a set of European Product Safety standards that applies to all toys sold in the European Union. EN 71, which is also a part of the CE directive, has been put in place to ensure that all toys sold in the EU meet certain minimum safety standards on the following factors: Electrical Safety. Sanitation.
What is EN 71 toy safety standard?
What is EN 71 toy safety testing? EN 71 is a set of standards specifying toy safety. EN 71 covers chemicals and heavy metals, flammability and mechanical properties: EN 71-1: Mechanical and physical properties.
What is the difference between CPSC and CPSIA?
CPSIA is designed to allow the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to better regulate the safety of products made and imported for sale in the U.S. CPSIA also contains regulations that are intended to make products for children under age 12 safer by requiring manufacturers and importers to show that these …
What is a CPSC certificate?
Certification means the issuance of a written Children’s Product Certificate (CPC) in which the manufacturer or importer certifies that its children’s product complies with all applicable children’s product safety rules (or similar rules, bans, standards, or regulations under any law enforced by the Commission for that …
What is the 2019 version of en 71-3?
CEN has published the 2019 version of EN 71-3 for the migration of certain elements in toys. Conflicting national standards are to be withdrawn by October 2019.
What is the turnaround time for en71-3 testing?
AnchorCert Analytical is UKAS accredited to carry out EN71-3 testing in our onsite fully equipped state of the art laboratory here in Birmingham. The turnaround time for this service is within 5 working days.
Where does Intertek offer en 71-3 testing?
Intertek currently offers EN 71-3 testing at our accredited labs in the UK, France and Hong Kong, while the accreditation approval process is underway at labs in China, Germany, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
When will the new toy safety standard EN 71-3 become effective?
This new limit will become effective on November 18, 2019. In April 2019, the European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation, CEN) published EN 71-3:2019, the new toy safety standard for the migration of 19 elements.
